Family Relationships Act 1975 (SA)

South Australia Family Relationships Act 1975 An Act to abolish the legal consequences of illegitimacy under the law of this State; to invest courts of this State with power to make judgments declaratory of certain relationships; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 4 Crown to be bound by this Act 5 Interpretation Part 2—Children 6 All children of equal status 7 Recognition of paternity 8 Presumption as to parentage 9 Declaration of parentage 10 Saving provision Part 2A—Children conceived following fertilisation procedures 10A Interpretation 10B Application of Part 10C Rules relating to parentage 10EA Court order relating to paternity Part 3—Domestic partners 11 Interpretation 11A Domestic partners 11B Declaration as to domestic partners (other than domestic partners in registered relationship) Part 4—Miscellaneous 12 Protection of administrators etc 13 Confidentiality of proceedings 14 Claim under this Act may be brought in the course of other proceedings 15 Regulations Schedule 1—Transitional provisions 1 Transitional provisions (Statutes Amendment (Legalisation of Same Sex Marriage Consequential Amendments) Act 2019) Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Relationships Act 1975. 4—Crown to be bound by this Act This Act binds the Crown. 5—Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— child born outside marriage includes a child born to a married woman of which a man other than her lawful spouse is the father; co-parent, of a child, means a person who is taken to be a co‑parent of the child under Part 2A; Court means the Supreme Court, the District Court or the Magistrates Court; domestic partner—see section 11A; father or natural father, of a child, includes a person who is presumed to be the father of the child under Part 2A; instrument means any instrument that creates, modifies or extinguishes legal or equitable rights, powers or liabilities. (2) A reference in this or any other Act to the mother, father or parent (however described) of a child will, unless the contrary intention appears, be taken to include a reference to a co‑parent of the child (regardless of the sex of the co‑parent).